”Faai Di“ by SYMBIZ

“Faai Di” is a track from the Broken Chinese EP by Berlin-based bass music duo SYMBIZ. The music video for the song was filmed during a two-week journey to Uganda, during which SYMBIZ took part in performances, workshops, and cultural activism in collaboration with In Place of War, a grassroots organization that uses art and culture to empower communities that are suffering from the consequences of conflict and war. The video features SYMBIZ in various locations, dancing along with people that they met along their journey and on the street. According to them, “We were not sure how easy it would be to shoot in Uganda, but it turned out the way it usually does – if you simply do what you want, while being respectful to the place you are visiting, when you are open to getting in touch with people and want to share and communicate, you will have collaborators and supporters everywhere.”

《Faai Di》（粤语“快啲”）是柏林bass音乐组合SYMBIZ的EP《Broken Chinese》中的一首歌。SYMBIZ前往乌干达，在为期两星期的旅途中，拍摄了这首歌的MV。期间，他们携手In Place of War，参与一系列的表演、工作坊及文化行动。In Place of War是一个利用艺术和文化活动，帮助受冲突和战争影响的社区的民间组织。在这个MV中，SYMBIZ出现在不同的地点，与那些他们在旅途和大街上遇到的当地人一起跳舞。SYMBIZ说：“我们一开始也不确定在乌干达拍摄容不容易，但最后我们发现，其实都不困难，只要你是真的去做你想要做的事情，对当地保持尊敬的态度，乐于与当地人接触，乐于分享和沟通，不管去到哪都会有人支持你，和你合作。”

Take a listen below to other tracks from the Broken Chinese EP. The album is available for purchase on Bandcamp.

SYMBIZ was originally founded in 2010 by Korean-German brothers and producers Buddysym and Chris, and later joined by MC Zhi. Recently, with Chris largely focused on studio production in the German hip-hop industry, Buddysym and Zhi continue to produce new music and travel the world as a duo. Originally producing music in English, they decided to produce an entirely Cantonese-language bass music EP, influenced in part by MC Zhi’s Chinese-German heritage.

Talking to us about their creative process behind the Broken Chinese EP, SYMBIZ says, “We had this possibility on our hands to use another language that had a completely different sound potential and was seldom used in this kind of music. We started researching and considering the size, the huge population, and the vast cultural output China has. We were honestly very surprised to find that there was hardly any sort of bass music in Chinese, so why in the world would we not give it a shot? After producing and recording the first track, we realized we were onto something new and interesting, so we decided to dedicate an EP to that idea rather than just a song. Now we are finishing off the second EP and will probably do a third after that.”